Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
(Carl Zwanzig)

(It is the subject of the verbs has. It is then the subject of the verbs holds. Note: Subjective personal pronouns do not have to be the subject of a sentence, but they do have to be the subject of a verb. Look at the two examples below.)

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings. (Ed Gardner)

(He is the subject of the verb sings.)

Things are only impossible until they
're not. (Hannah Louise Shearer)

(They is the subject of the verb are. Remember, they're is a contraction of they are.)

The Proper Terms for Subjective Personal Pronouns

The table below shows the terms we use to describe personal pronouns.

Proper Term

Subjective Personal Pronoun

First Person Singular

I

Second Person Singular

you

Third Person Singular

he/she/it

First Person Plural

we

Second Person Plural

you

Third Person Plural

they

This next section will help to explain why we use those terms in the left-hand column for pronouns.

Whether we know it or not, we all select a personal pronoun having first determined its: